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posted 01-20-2004 12:51 PM         

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Some of you may have already read this, but it's worth repeating.

2003 Darwin Award Winner
#1 The Darwin Award Winner:
When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his
intended victim during a holdup in Long Beach, California,
would be robber James Elliot did something that can only
inspire wonder: He peered down the barrel and tried
the trigger again. This time it worked.

I guess he won't be collecting his prize in person...

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posted 01-20-2004 05:48 PM         

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I liked the one last week, in either Portland or Seattle,,,,,,three male teens decide to undress in their car outside of a Denny's and run through the place completely naked real fast........

After the deed, while sprinting back outside,,,,they discover their car has been stollen because they left the keys in it and engine running.

Bet their story to the police was fantastic

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posted 01-20-2004 07:47 PM         

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Updating thatr story, AC... it was stated that the cops laughed so hard and felt sorry for them and they were never charged with anything. The saddest part, is that when the cops arrived, the 3 guys were "huddled close" to each other to keep warm in the parking lot.

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posted 01-21-2004 07:33 AM         

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Gary C - Here are the honorable mentions to the Darwin Award Winner.

#2
The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat cutting machine and, after a little hopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company, suspecting negligence, sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine out and lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved. (Sounds like a typical Workers Comp case, doesn't it? Especially for the claims adjuster. Plaintiffs' attorneys probably would like to see more like him!)

#3
A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her. (The American Way)

#4
After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Beltway had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver
went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride.
He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.

#5
An American teenager was in the hospital yesterday recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit. (This speaks for itself. I wonder what ingenious thing he'll do as an adult)

#6
A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, puts a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer? $15. (If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, was a crime committed?)(The forgoing is not my comment. Lawyers know the answer to this one)

#7
A thief burst into a Florida bank one day wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun. Aiming his gun at the guard, the thief yelled, "FREEZE, MOTHER-STICKERS, THIS IS A F***-UP!" For a moment, everyone was silent. Then the snickers started. The guard completely lost it and doubled over
laughing. It probably saved his life, because he'd been about to draw his gun. He couldn't have drawn and fired before the thief got him. The thief ran away and is still at large. In memory of the event, the banker later put a plaque on the wall engraved with the words, Freeze, mother-stickers, this is a F***-up!"

#8
Seems this Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. Seems the liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape.

#9
As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."

#10
The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 a.m., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk
said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.

#11
Kentucky: Two men tried to pull the front off a cash machine by running a chain from the machine to the bumper of their pickup truck. Instead of pulling the front panel off the machine, though, they pulled the bumper off their truck. Scared, they left the scene and drove home. With the chain still attached to the machine. With their bumper still attached to the chain. With their vehicle's license plate still attached to the bumper. They were quickly arrested.

#12
Finally, a 5-star stupidity award winner! When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle Street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find an ill man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges, saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.

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posted 01-21-2004 07:36 AM         

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I liked the one last week, in either Portland or Seattle,,,,,,three male teens decide to undress in their car outside of a Denny's and run through the place completely naked real fast........
After the deed, while sprinting back outside,,,,they discover their car has been stollen because they left the keys in it and engine running.

Bet their story to the police was fantastic

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Never mind the police........explain that one to the parents!!

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They still are funny stories though.

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